Police granted extra stop and search powers in south Manchester following shooting of teenage girl

A 'large number' of police officers are currently carrying out "extensive" searches in an area of Tameside after a young girl was 'taken into the woods' by a stranger.

Forensic officers are continuing to investigate at the scene of a shooting in Moss Side as police put in a dispersal order for the area.

Specialist search teams scrambled to a quiet residential street on Monday evening following reports of a person getting into difficulty in the water. A huge emergency services response raced to Crowswood Drive, in Stalybridge, shortly after 6.30pm.

Commuters at Piccadilly Station this morning were fed up with more rail disruption — which they say happens ‘every week’.

Over this weekend, the sun-soaked streets of Moss Side were filled with happiness and celebration.

A woman charged with conspiracy to murder following the death of 38-year-old Thomas Campbell has appeared in court. Coleen Campbell, 38, and two men, Stephen Cleworth, 37, and Reece Steven, 29, appeared over videolink at Manchester Crown Court for a preliminary hearing.

Police have released a new image of a teenager who has been missing since the start of August. Aron, 13, was last seen on the morning of Tuesday, August 2 in the Broom area of Rotherham.

The Manchester Caribbean Carnival returns to the city this weekend to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The event, an annual fixture across Moss Side and Hulme since 1972, has mostly missed the last two years due to the pandemic.

A number of fire crews were rushed to a blaze near a petrol station in Trafford this evening (August 10). Plumes of black smoke could be seen above the Londis garage on Chester Road, Stretford, just before 8pm.

Police are appealing for help tracing a man from Wythenshawe. Officers want to speak to Cain McConville in relation to a burglary in Cheshire.

Police are appealing for information after a serious crash in Stockport which saw two people cut from a van and a car. Four people were injured and two people currently remain in hospital after the collision yesterday afternoon (August 7).

From reservoirs to botanical gardens - online Reddit forum asked where people's top places to visit in Greater Manchester are... but is yours on the list?

Nine men and a woman have been charged with drugs, firearms and money laundering offences after police raids. All 10 are appearing before Manchester magistrates' court today - Thursday.

A pedestrian was taken to hospital after being hit by a bus on a busy road in south Manchester on Tuesday evening (August 2). The incident sparked a huge emergency services response on Wilmslow Road in Rusholme.

Police hunting a gunman in Lancashire have tracked down the car used by the suspect more than 60 miles away in Tameside. Detectives are investigating a shooting in Heysham, near Morecambe, on Monday.

A man has been arrested after being found in Moss Side with 200 wraps of class A drugs.

On April 3, 1978 Hollywood star Vanessa Redgrave walked off the stage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles having won the best supporting actress Oscar for her role in the wartime drama Julia. Just three months later she stood in the far-less glamourous surroundings of Manchester town hall awaiting the announcement of a very different kind of vote.

Dramatic photos show a bullet-riddled car after a 16-year-old girl was blasted in a drive-by shotgun attack in south Manchester. Police are hunting the gunman who opened fire at a crowd at a party outside a house in Moss Side on Friday.

It has now been 13 years since Manchester’s own ‘Al Capone’ was jailed for life for his involvement in the Gooch Gang’s ‘Wild West’ crime spree.

A 16-year-old girl was shot after a gunman opened fire at a crowd in a drive-by attack in Manchester's Moss Side. By sheer luck the victim's injuries are not serious.